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LB Chase Thomas focuses on making New Orleans Saints roster rather than being undrafted

this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Former Stanford linebacker Chase Thomas saw NFL teams draft players who ran slower 40-yard dash times. He saw NFL teams draft players who compiled similar stat lines also come off the board while he sat without a team once the ...

Former Stanford linebacker Chase Thomas saw NFL teams draft players who ran slower 40-yard dash times. He saw NFL teams draft players who compiled similar stat lines also come off the board while he sat without a team once the NFL draft wrapped up.

Thomas said he's finished pondering why he wasn't drafted, even though he'll play with the proverbial chip on his shoulder. His primary focus will be to earn a spot on the New Orleans Saints' regular season roster after the Saints signed Thomas as an undrafted rookie free agent.

He's found out one thing already: Saints fans want him to make the team.

"I can already tell the Saints have a great fan base just in the amount of responses I received on Twitter," Thomas said.

Thomas said he received interest from Green Bay, Houston and Arizona after the draft. But Thomas said he felt the Saints were a perfect fit considering New Orleans is switching to a 3-4 defense, the Saints don't possess a whole lot of depth at outside linebacker and the Saints didn't draft a linebacker.

"He (defensive coordinator Rob Ryan) likes to run a complicated defense with a lot of different blitzes," Thomas said. "He moves guys around a lot, and that's what I see myself doing and he said that's something he saw in me as well. He can put me wherever he wants on the field, especially in the red zone."

Re: LB Chase Thomas focuses on making New Orleans Saints roster rather than being undrafted

I was listening to Pat Kerwin talk this guy up on my way home from work. He will make the team, and play this season... A little undersized but everything else is good. Should have gone 6th but as Pat pointed out, combine 40times hurt him. Walterfootball had him going in the 2nd.